Redress Success featuring Naia (Barbie Fairytopia Sparkle Fairy blue)

Treesa here to show off another Redress Success. This Disney ily 4EVER Moana inspired fashion pack suited Naia so well, I just had to share her with all of you. The touches of blue in the outfit really compliment Naia’s pale blue skin tone and blue lipstick. I think my fondness for dolls with ‘fantasy skin tones’ developed as an offshoot of my fondness for dolls with ‘fantasy hair colors’. Anyway, the combination of Naia’s blue skin tone with the “Save Our Oceans” message on the hoodie kind of reminds me of the first generation version of Monster High character Lagoona Blue. Actually, the name Naia is a derivative of the name for a type of water nymph from Greek mythology.

For those of you who may be wondering for clothing fitting purposes, Naia has a ‘belly button style’ Barbie body from the early 2000s. The fashion pack fits amazingly well. However, the fabric does have some good stretch to it, and hoodies are generally designed to be a little roomy anyway. Therefore, I cannot verify whether all Disney ily 4EVER fashion packs will fit a ‘belly button’ Barbie this well, since I don’t own any of the other ily 4EVER fashions, or any of the corresponding dolls for that matter. I only took a chance on the Moana inspired fashion because I found it discounted to $3.00 at a liquidation store.

I’m very happy with how Naia looks in this. It can be tricky to redress a doll with a ‘fantasy skin tone’ in casual clothing without the end result looking odd. I hope all of you enjoyed this Redress Success, and have a lovely day.

Signed, Treesa

Redress Success featuring Lyric (Equestria Girls Lyra Heartstrings)

 

Welcome friends and visitors, this is Treesa. In today’s post, I’ll be sharing another Redress Success. Let me start out by saying that I have a lot of respect for any collectors who have the discipline to regularly take stock of their collections and purge anything they’re not currently using. With that being said, sometimes it pays to hold onto things. Because as most doll collectors will attest, there’s always another doll.

The outfit I used for this redress is handmade, and was original purchased from FreekyChicBootique, an online Etsy shop. I checked the status of the shop while compiling this post, since the outfit was bought a number of years ago, and FreekyChicBootique does not appear to be actively selling on Etsy at this time. But anyways, the photo in the shop listing showed the jeans and top outfit being modeled by a Forest Pixies Featherly doll from the Ever After High Dragon Games line. I bought the outfit with the intention of using it for my Forest Pixies Deerla doll. I wanted to make over Deerla as a younger sister for my Monster High Isi Dawndancer doll.

However, when the outfit arrived and I tried it on Deerla, I immediately ran into problems. The jeans were sewn as a pull on garment without any fastener, and on my doll the seam was straining to the point where it started to come apart at the waistband. The top didn’t seem to fit right either. I contacted the seller and explained the problems I was having, and the seller offered me a refund, also telling me that I could keep the outfit. While I was disappointed about the outfit not fitting, I appreciated the seller’s efforts to make things right. And I understood how difficult it must’ve been to sew at such a small scale.

As time passed, the outfit continued to sit around in its original bubble mailer, waiting for me to figure out what to do with it. Years later, I happened to spot a nude Lyra Heartstrings doll from the My Little Pony Equestria Girls line at the thrift store. I immediately fell in love with the doll’s coloring and with her musical themeing. However, I knew that finding clothes for her would be a serious challenge. So I waited until she went on discount before finally purchasing her. It wasn’t until quite a while afterwards that I rediscovered the Etsy bought Forest Pixies outfit and decided to try it on Lyra, whom I’d renamed Lyric. The jeans fit so perfectly it was as though they’d been made for her, with no straining at the seam. The shirt was originally a bit too baggy on Lyric, but I was able to cinch it using a Monster High Twyla doll belt for the 13 Wishes line. 13 Wishes Twyla uses what Monster High collectors refer to as the ‘little sister’ Monster High body.

I’m so happy with how well this redress came together. Not only does Lyric look great, in my opinion, but I was also able to make use of an outfit that had been sitting around in my collection for years. Not to mention I was able to find something for a hard to redress Equestria Girls doll to wear. I hope that you enjoyed Lyric’s new look.

Signed, Treesa

Redress Success featuring Omma (5 inch Fairytopia Omma by Mattel)

 Treesa here. It's been a while since I've attempted to redress one of these 5 inch Mattel fairy dolls. The last one that I posted about was Mariette back in 2017. Admittedly, these dolls are challenging to redress. They're small for starters. But from my experience, the most difficult hurdle when redressing these fairy dolls is their wide-armed stance. The arms are only articulated at the shoulders, so trying to position them so they'll fit into the armholes of a shirt or dress, even a sleeveless one, tends to be difficult, especially with those posed wrists.

But, as frequent readers of this blog know well, I have a weakness for dolls with 'fantasy hair colors'. And it seems that children who played with these dolls back when they were first released in 2004 had a tendency to lose the small accessories, like the factory issued 'flower petal' skirt and hat that Omma would've originally come with. So these fairies are often in need of clothing when they're found for sale secondhand. Considering that Omma's friend, Organza, still needs to be redressed, something tells me I should keep on the lookout for small doll halter tops.

The top that Omma is wearing in the photo appears to be from a 2003 Bratz Strut It! Meygan doll, according to my online research. I don't actually collect Bratz dolls, but I do tend to buy mixed bag lots of doll clothing and accessories from thrift stores. So I often end up with some very random clothing pieces.

The skirt was part of a 2015 Bratz Deluxe Fashion Pack, that I bought after other doll collectors online shared how they'd used pieces from these packs for other, hard to reclothe dolls like Barbie's sister Stacie. I think the green leaves on the skirt's sunflower print coordinate pretty well with Omma's factory painted green bodysuit. And the autumn leaves outside provide a lovely photo backdrop.

I hope you enjoyed this 'redress success', and Happy Fall to you all.

Signed, Treesa

Platinum's Story: A 'Redress Success' Update (unidentified customized blond Barbie)

Treesa's 'experimenting' with a new look for me. She was never completely happy with how my hair turned out, and even though the blue ball gown she dressed me in did sort of match the color streaks in my hair it didn't really fit the 'look' Treesa was going for. So Treesa added a rubber band to my hair to give it more 'shape' and redressed me in jeans and a crop top.

Treesa's hoping to get me a 'real' headband someday. She wants something that will hold up better than a rubber band. Rubber bands usually don't age well. They either get brittle and break or they melt. But a rubber band should be ok for now, and my hair does look better. Here's a reminder of what it used to look like.

When it comes to my outfit, I don't really care one way or the other. I've never been that obsessed with clothes, even though I'm a fashion doll. But I'll admit the blue ball gown I wore before was a little too dressy to be lounging around the house in, though it might've worked if I was a Disney Princess doll. If there's one group of dolls who can wear fancy gowns without looking overdressed it's the Disney Princesses.

Stay Shiny, Platinum

Redress Success featuring Mariette (blue haired Barbie Fairy-ettes doll)

 

Hello friends and visitors. This is Treesa, here to share my recent 'Redress Success' with all of you. I've redressed dolls with molded clothing elements before (Michaela, Abby and Maddy) but this fashion forward former fairy is only about 5 inches tall. The clothing pieces I used came from various grab bags that I bought at the thrift store, so I have no idea what doll or dolls these pieces were originally made for.

I know the 'look' I created for Mariette is probably a far cry from being stylish or trendy, but I still like the way she turned out. I'm especially pleased with how well her new top and the 'apron' I tied over her factory issue skirt match the color of her hair accessory.

I named her Mariette because I wanted a name that ended in 'et' or 'ette', since she's a Fairy-ettes doll, and because the rich blue color of her hair made me think of water, which caused words like aquatic and maritime to run through my head. I also have a red haired Fairy-ettes doll that I named Juliette, but her redress is still a work in progress.

Well, I guess that's it for this post. Hopefully one of my dolls will have a real post up soon. In the meantime, thanks for stopping by.

Signed, Treesa